How Many People Are Named Amara?
people named Amara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,761 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,279 babies named Amara in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,639 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "grace" in Igbo.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Amara, 99% were girls and 1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amara alive today is about 10 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amara first appears in the records in 1961, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,639 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amara never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #98, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #98.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #98 |
| Best rank | #98 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (2025 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #129 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amara were born in California than in any other state: about 3,381 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amara was given 2.5 times as often in New Mexico, 1.9 times in Hawaii and 1.9 times in South Dakota.
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